Unit 1 TRANSPORTS AND PLACES

Goals:
o Talk about means of transport
o Use too/enough
o Use Infinitive or –ing form

1.1 How do you go to…?

VOCABULARY 1. A. Work in pairs. Look at the picture and write the correct number in front of
Means of each word. Can you add any more words?
transport

van ...8... taxi ……. yacht ……. airplane ……. balloon …….
bus ……. tram ……. car …….. scooter ……. carriage …….
boat ……. train ……. ship ……. bicycle …… ropeway …….
truck …… underground ……. helicopter …… ambulance …….
fire engine …….

B. Work in pairs. Which of these means of transport would you use for the
activities (1-10)? Explain your reasons why.
by bicycle by train on a ferry on a ship
by bus in my car on a motorbike on a plane
by lorry in a taxi on foot

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 1. visit relatives 6. get to the railway station
2. move house and furniture 7. go out in the evening to a party
3. get to the airport 8. take children to school
4. see the countryside for pleasure 9. cross the sea
5. cross a river 10. go shopping

C. Which verbs can we use with each kind of transport?

board drive sail fly ride
catch miss take get on take off
e.g. board - a coach, train, plane, helicopter, boat

D. Answer the questions.

1. What are the most popular means of public transport in your country?
2. Do you use any means of public transport? How often do you use it?
3. Do you travel and use transport every day? How do you go to work?
4. Are there many travel problems early in the morning?

LISTENING 2. A. How do these people usually travel in your hometown?

• School children ⚫ Students and young people
• Business people ⚫ Old people ⚫ Police officers

…by car …on foot …by bike

e.g., School children in my hometown always go to school by bus.

B. Look at the picture. Natalie met her friends at the cinema yesterday. Ask
and answer questions about how they got there.

e.g., How did A go to the cinema?

She went by bike. She didn’t go on foot.

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 3. A.  Listen to Natalie talking to her mum about her friends. How did they get
to the cinema? Circle the correct answer.
1 Sandra
A She went by bus. B She went on foot
2 Dina
A She walked. B She borrowed her brother's bike.
3 Maria
A She took the bus. B She cycled.
B. Look at your answers to Exercise 3 and write the correct names (Sandra, Dina
or Maria) in the spaces (A - C) in Exercise 2 B.

4.  Listen to Ethan talking to his mum about his family. How are Ethan’s family
getting to his birthday party? For questions 1 - 5, write a letter A - H next to each
person.
0 Sister B
People Means of Transport
1. grandma A. train
2. granddad B. bus
C. bike
1 3. uncle
D. tram
2 4. cousin E. taxi
5. aunt F. car
G. motorbike
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H. underground

PRONUNCIATION 5.  A. Listen and repeat

Intonation of
Wh-questions

B. Read the questions to a partner. Be sure to use the correct intonation.

C. Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words.
A: Where do you get the bus ?
B: I don’t take the bus.
A: Oh. How do you ?
B: I take the subway.
A: How often do you
?
B: I take it every day.
A: How much ?
B: It costs about $50 a month.

D. Practice the conversation with a partner. Be sure to use the correct

intonation.

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SPEAKING 6. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
Talk about In your town/city …….
means of
1. What kind of public transport is there?
transport
2. What time is the rush hour?
3. What is the speed limit?
4. Are there speed cameras anywhere?
5. Are there any cycle lanes? Do many people use them?
6. Are there any pedestrian areas? Where?
7. Are there enough car parks? Are they expensive?
8. What happens if you park somewhere illegally?
9. Do people usually wear their seat belts in the back of the car?
10. Do motorcyclists and cyclists wear helmets?
7. Work in pairs. Here are some pictures that show different ways of travelling.
Do you like these different ways of travelling? Say why or why not.
Talk together.

Discussion
1. Do you think…

….flying in a helicopter is exciting?/ riding a horse is dangerous?/

taking a boat is slow? / taking a taxi is expensive?/ …

2. Do you prefer long journeys or short journeys? Why?

3. Which country would you like to visit? Why?

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 1.2 It’s too expensive.
READING 1. A. Read the article and answer the questions.

GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO

Jane – UK
I’m going to San Francisco on holiday, and I want to
know the best way to travel around when I get there.

Louis – USA Walk! San Francisco isn’t a very big city, and many
of the interesting places are close together. There are
lots of hills but just think how fit you will get! The
buses are good, but they do get very crowded. Don’t
even think about renting a car. The roads are difficult
to drive on and it can take a long time to find a
parking space because there are very few in the city.
Peter – UK The underground (or subway) is a great way to get
around some parts of San Francisco, but it doesn’t go
to all the tourist areas. Walking along the waterfront
is a good idea because there’s so much to see, but
you won’t want to walk everywhere. San Francisco is
a very hilly city. The famous cable cars, which are
actually trams, are fun, but they cost too much to use
all the time.

Anna – USA Take the bus! There are bus stops on every corner,
and if you miss one, there will be another one along
soon. Walking is also a good way to get around if
you are fit enough. If you are planning to take trips
outside the city, then renting a car might be a good
idea, but parking spaces in the city are very
expensive. The subway is good for getting to and
from the airport.
1. Who thinks it costs a lot of money to park your car in San Francisco?
A Louis B Peter C Anna
2. Who says there are too many people on the buses?
A Louis B Peter C Anna
3. Who thinks it is expensive to travel on cable cars?
A Louis B Peter C Anna
4. Who says there aren’t enough parking spaces in San Francisco?
A Louis B Peter C Anna
5. Who thinks the subway doesn’t go to enough places?
A Louis B Peter C Anna
6. Who says San Francisco is too hilly to walk everywhere?
A Louis B Peter C Anna
7. Who thinks there are enough buses in San Francisco?
A Louis B Peter C Anna

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GRAMMAR 2. Read the examples and complete the rules with too and enough.
too/ enough e.g. San Francisco is too expensive. It’s not cheap enough.
The tram costs too much money. There aren’t enough parking spaces.
Look at the underlined phrases above: We can also use to + infinitive
• an adjective + enough: cheap enough after enough and too:
• too + an adjective: too expensive • adjective + enough:
tall enough to reach
• too + adjective:
too expensive to buy

A. Complete the sentences with too or enough and the adjective in brackets.
1. It’s ............................ (dangerous) to go outside if there’s a tornado.
2. It’s ................................. (heavy) here to carry it.
3. The ice isn’t ................................. (thick) to go skating.
4. The sun isn’t ............................... (hot) to heat the water in the pool.
5. The fog is ................................. (thick) to see the trees.
6. The wind was ................................. (strong) to go sailing.
7. The laptop isn’t ...................... (fast) to download the film.
8. The boy is .................. (strong) to lift this heavy box.
B. Write sentences with too or enough and the adjectives below.
old noisy difficult young clean
small ill thin hot busy cold
e.g. It’s too ….cold… to go to school today.
1. I can’t ski very well because I find it’s too …………..
2. My friend feels too ……….. to go skating with me today.
3. The dog wasn’t ………enough to go through the small hole in the wall.
4. Peter’s mother was too ………at work to take him to the cinema.
5. Mary was only nine and too …………….. to see the film.
6. The teacher told me it wasn’t ……………..enough to open the outdoor
swimming pool.
7. Our street is very busy – sometimes it’s too …………to get to sleep.
8. Tom played in the snow yesterday, and today his shoes aren’t
…………….. enough to wear to school.
9. The boy was too …………….. to reach the high shelf.
10. The roof is too …………….. to stop the rain coming inside.

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 C. Make sentences using too or enough about these pictures.

VOCABULARY 3. A. There are many words together in English that usually go together.
Collocations e.g. I’ve got to take some photographs of animals.
My mother does the washing every day.
B. Put the words below in the right column. Sometimes there is more than one
answer.

homework time a phone call the shopping a cake

an appointment nothing some money an exam breakfast

DO MAKE TAKE SPEND

……………… …………….. ……………… ………………
……………… …………….. ……………… ………………
……………… …………….. ……………… ………………
2. Circle the correct word in these sentences about Natalie and Mark.
1. Natalie made / spent some time looking at the penguins.
2. Natalie did / made her homework when she got home from the zoo.
3. Mark did / took some shopping for his mum the next day.
4. Natalie said, ‘Can you wait a minute? I need to make /do a phone call?’
5. Mark took / made his exams last week.
6. Natalie did / made a cake the next day
3. Choose the most suitable word to complete these sentences. Remember, you
need to choose the correct form (e.g. make, makes, made, making).
1. I’m ……….a party at the weekend. Would you like to come?
2. She’s always ……….promises, but then she always breaks them!
3. The wedding will ………..place in a local registry office.
4. I wish I were ……….more progress with my English.
5. I never ………. part in team sports at school.
6. It means to ………. fun of people.
7. What are you holding? Can I ………. a look?
8. I think I’ve ………. this exercise completely wrong.
9. Would you mind ………. me a favour and driving me to the doctor’s?
10. The murderer ………. a complete confession to the police last night.
11. Please don’t get angry, and I don’t want to ……. an argument about this.

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 1.3. WOMAD
READING 1. Read the message. What can you see - You can use ‘–ing’ form (going,
at WOMAD this year? having, …)
a. after prepositions
b. after some verbs (like, love…)
c. When we use a verb as a noun
(eg. as the subject of a sentence).
3. Choose verbs from the box to
complete the questions from a - e.

learn move retire speak start

Do you know anyone who ……

a. decided ………...a new career
after they were 30?
b. practises……...English outside
class?
c. finds it easy……new languages?
2. A. Underline the correct forms in
d. is planning……before they’re 60?
these sentences.
e. is thinking about …… to another
a. For foreigners, it was very difficult
country?
to become/ becoming a Yokozuna.
4. Correct one mistake in each
b. As a young man, he enjoyed to play
sentence.
/playing basketball.
a. I would like go to the cinema.
c. He also wanted to study/ studying
=> to go
hotel management.
b. I decided to bought a new MP3
d. He became interested in sumo from
player.
to watch/ watching it on television
c. My friends are interested in learn
B. Rules
to play instruments.
- You can use the infinitive with “to”
d. I hope hearing from you soon.
a. after adjective
e. It’s very easy find the new
b. after some verbs(want, decide etc…)
theatre.
c. to express purpose/reason.
f. How about to go to a concert
together on Saturday?

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5. Work in pairs. Choose five things to 7. Complete Billy’s email with the
talk about on the list below. infinitive or -ing form of the verb in
A job you don’t mind doing in the brackets.
house. Hi Josie,
A sport you enjoy watching. I’m at WOMAD and I’m having a
Something you like doing with your fantastic time. Yesterday I enjoyed
family. (1)…….(watch) a dance group from
Something you love doing in the Senegal. My favourite band is going
summer. to play outdoors today. It’s raining
Something you hate doing at work/ but I don’t mind (2) …….. (listen) to
school. them in the rain, Today I want
Something you spend a lot of time doing. (3)……. (see) a hip-hop group from
Somebody you dream of meeting. New Zealand. Why don’t you come?
Something you don’t like doing alone. It isn’t difficult (4) ……. (buy) a
A country you are interested in visiting. ticket. I’d love (5) ……(show) you
Something you are thinking of doing around the festival. I hope (6)
this weekend. ………(hear) from you today.
Something you have stopped doing.
Something you are not very good at doing.
6. Writing: You want to go shopping on
Monday with your English friend, John.
Write an email to John.
In your email:
- ask John to go shopping with you on
Monday
- ask what you want to buy
- tell John how you will get there
8. Look at three pictures. Write the story shown in the pictures. Write 35 words
or more.

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 Unit 1 Review
1. Find sixteen more nouns and verbs to do with transport and travel in this word
square. Two of them are two-word verbs. Look and

2. Now, match some of the words to these descriptions.

e.g. This person travels on a train, bus or other kinds of transport. - passenger
1. When you go through the gate and get on your plane, you do this.
2. This is a comfortable bus that is used for long journeys.
3. Planes leave from and arrive at this place.
4. This is another word for journey.
5. If you pay to put your car in a space, you do this.
6. Most airlines ask you to give them this with your passport when you check in.
7. You do this when the bus you are on has arrived at your stop.
3. Complete a survey about transport and write the questions in the survey in full.
You / drive a car? Can you drive a car?
TRANSPORT SURVEY
1. How far / walk every week? 4. ever take / taxis?
........................................................ .......................................................
A. 0 to 5 kilometres A. often B. sometimes
B. 6 to 10 kilometres C. not very often D. never
C. 11 to 20 kilometres 5. ride a scooter?
D. more than 20 kilometres .........................................................
2. How often / travel by car? A. Yes B. No
.................................................... 6. How / usually travel/ when/ go/
A. several hours every day holiday?
B. every day or nearly every day .............................................................
C. several times every week A. by plane B. by train
D. not very often C. by bus D. by car
3. What / think of the road/ your 7. Which/ these types/ transport/ your
town? town / you like best?
.......................................................... ...........................................................
A. Excellent B. Good A. plane B. boat
C. Okey D. Poor C. motorbike D. bicycle

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4. Complete the letter. Write ONE word for each space

Hi Bryony,
I (0) ..am...glad you can come to the cinema on Saturday. The film starts either
(1) ....... 7.30 or 8.30. If you come to my house about 7 p.m., we can go to the
earlier one together. I know you (2) .......... not been to my new house in Mill Road
before, but it's easy to find. It’s (3) ............the left, opposite the cafe. It's
older (4) ...........any other house in the street and it's (5) ……....tallest building
there.
We can go to the cinema (6) ............tram. It only (7)……...five minutes from my
house. After the film, (8) ............you like to stay with us for the night? I hope
(9)…....... I downloaded some great music (10) ...........afternoon just before I
started writing this email. We can listen to that.
Jodie X

5. Choose the correct answer

London’s underground map

Before the 1920s, there was a map for the London underground. It showed all
the different train stations, but it was difficult to (1)…… this map. In 1931
Harry Beck, who worked for the London underground, made a map that was
clear and carefully drawn. It showed all the underground (2)…… in different
colours.
When the London underground company first saw Beck’s map, they didn’t
like it. They weren’t interested (3)…… a map that didn’t show how (4)……
… it was to travel from one place to another.
However, the company later decided to use Beck’s map (5)…… then, there
have been quite a few changes to the map. Sometimes the changes didn’t
really (6)…… Beck’s map, and instead made it worse!
Today, the map is still changing as new stations are built on the underground
but most of it is still Beck’s work.

1. A. see B. understand C. receive

2. A. addresses B. roads C. stations
3. A. for B. in C. at
4. A. nearly B. far C. clever
5. A. from B. during C. since
6. A. improve B. repair C. prepare
6. Read the text and choose the correct answer for each question.

My home city, London, is always full of traffic and often, in the centre of the
city, the traffic is not moving. This makes it very difficult for our parents to
drive us to school. London is a very old city and the streets are often small,
which means it can also be difficult for ambulances, school buses and police
cars to get through.
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Many people in London don’t drive to
work because it takes a very long time.
Most people choose to travel by train,
underground or tram because they are
much quicker. If people are travelling
from outside of London, they often have
to catch a train to one of the big stations
and then go by underground to their
office. It can be very expensive, but with
the traffic problems, it’s the only and the
quickest way.
Our city council has been trying to
improve the traffic, but there are still too many cars. A few years ago, they
stopped lorries going into the centre between 8 a.m and 6 p.m. This helped a
little bit, but not enough. They then made every car driver pay to drive in
London between 8.30 a.m and 6 p.m. This didn’t make the traffic better because
unfortunately people paid to drive in London and there was still the same
number of cars as before.
How can they change this problem? They want to stop all cars going into the
centre except for buses and taxis. Many people think this is a very bad idea and
will make around London worse. Only time will tell.
1. Why is it difficult for school buses to move in London?
A. They have to pay during the day.
B. They can’t get past other cars.
C. They can’t drive through the centre.
2. The writer says that it’s not easy to get to school in London because
A. Many of the roads have been closed.
B. some of the roads aren’t very big.
C. buses aren’t allowed in the centre.
3. The writer says that the fastest way to get to work in London is
A. by train and taxi
B. by train and bus
C. by train and underground
4. Why didn’t the extra cost to every driver improve the traffic in London?
A. Nobody wanted to pay.
B. Everybody paid.
C. Few people used their cars during these hours.
5. What is the best title for the article?
A. Too much traffic B. Good jobs in the city C. Expensive taxis

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